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probation

court-ordered correctional supervision in the community; either community sentence (alternative to incarceration) or parole
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probation

Summary

probation ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,636 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • probation is a type of duration[2].
  • probation is a type of punishment[3].
  • probation is a type of court order[4].
  • probation is part of discharge[5].
  • probation's Commons category is recorded as Probation[6].
  • probation's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Probation[7].
  • probation's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[8].
  • probation's different from is recorded as probate[9].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include duration[2], punishment[3], and court order[4].

Use and Application

probation is part of discharge[5].

Why It Matters

probation ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,636 views/month).[1] probation has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] probation is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → discharge
    Topic's main category → Category:Probation
    Subclass of → —
    Subclass of → duration, punishment, court order
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007538701005171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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